FBI investigating if North Bend bank robber responsible for Seattle bank robbery
November 13, 2009
By Dan Catchpole
The same man could be responsible for robbing a Seattle bank and North Bend bank, according to FBI investigators. The photo shows the man who reportedly robbed a bank in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood. Photo contributed.
NEW — 4:01 p.m. Nov. 13, 2009
The man who robbed the North Bend Sterling Savings bank last week could have hit a bank in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood Monday afternoon Nov. 9, according to FBI investigators.
The suspect in each case has a similar build and used a similar style to rob the two banks, according to Special Agent Robbie Burroughs.
Investigators are exploring the similarities based on eyewitness reports and security camera images.
“Usually if a bank robber has an m.o. (modus operandi), typically he uses it again and again,” she said. The styles used in the two robberies were “unique enough that investigators are looking into it.”
Both robberies occurred shortly before closing time. Frontier Bank in Ballard was robbed around 5 p.m. Nov. 9, while Sterling Savings was hit around 5:30 p.m. Nov. 6.
The man’s description from the Seattle robbery — a white male in his 50s or 60s, of medium build with gray hair — was very close to descriptions from the North Bend robbery.
If you have information about the robbery, contact FBI investigators at 206-622-0460.
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Maybe if the North Bend vigilantes weren’t spending all their time watching / following law abiding people that have never been sentenced or convicted of a crime, this sort of thing wouldn’t be happening. After all it’s only the second armed robbery to take place since they have been harassing ME!!!